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Beneath His Wing

Beneath His wing I sweetly rest

Author: Edwin H. Nevin
Tune: [Beneath His wing I sweetly rest]
Published in 11 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Beneath His wing I sweetly rest,
While balmy peace reigns in my breast;
I never need a foe to dread,
While His bright wing is o’er me spread.

Refrain:
Beneath His wing, beneath His wing.

2 Amidst all dangers, seen or known,
His guardian wing is o’er me thrown;
It soothes me with its magic power,
And turns to light the darkest hour. [Refrain]

3 This heav’nly wing, so widely spread,
Is over me where’er I tread;
It banishes all gloom and fear
To feel assured His wing is near. [Refrain]

4 When wasting on the bed of death,
I still can sing with dying breath,
For round me I can clearly see
Christ’s wing of love o’er-arching me. [Refrain]

Source: Crowning Day No. 2 #186

Author: Edwin H. Nevin

Nevin, Edwin Henry, D.D., son of Major David Nevin, was born at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, May 9, 1814. He graduated in Arts at Jefferson College, 1833; and in Theology at Princeton Seminary, in 1836. He held several pastorates as a Presbyterian Minister from 1836 to 1857; then as a Congregational Minister from 1857 to 1868; and then, after a rest of six years through ill health, as a Minister of the Reformed Church, first at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and then in Philadelphia. Dr. Nevin is the author of several hymns, the more important of which are:— 1. Always with me [us], always with [us] me. Jesus always present. 2. Come up hither, come away. Invitation Heavenward. 3. Happy, Saviour, would I be. Trust. This is given in t… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Beneath His wing I sweetly rest
Title: Beneath His Wing
Author: Edwin H. Nevin
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Beneath His wing, beneath His wing
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 11 of 11)

All Hail #d18

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Crowning Day No. 2 #186

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Epworth Songs #75

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Gems and Jewels #7

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Heart Songs #47

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Hymns New and Old, No. 2 #160

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Hymns New and Old, Revised #18

Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d32

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Salvation Songs #219

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Songs of the Pentecost for the Forward Gospel Movement #15

The Praise Hymnal #138

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